Financial planning

With the right buying and selling strategy, your clients can convert interest income into capital gains and slash their tax bills.

Potential rate increases are keeping income investors skittish. Here's how to deliver smart strategy and informed advice.

After a 6-year bull run, many client portfolios have grown nicely. But cashing out -- or even rebalancing -- may have a downside. See how these advisors are working to minimize the pain.

A 60/40 mix won't offer full diversification. Seeing the historical performance of various asset allocation models can help advisors make better choices for clients.

A promising app from Finance Logix could help engage clients in the planning process. But there's one key aspect that may prove controversial.

A new set of players have shaken up the independent broker-dealer landscape, showing that there's more than one way to throw your weight around. See this year's top players.

While the biggest independent B-Ds have been fairly quiet, the deal-making has shifted to other players. See who's in focus now.

"Advisors that know their clients can smell when something's up," says regulatory and compliance consultant Daniel Bernstein.

The more money elderly high-net-worth clients have, the more they may worry that beneficiaries won't use it wisely.

Two federal agencies have charged William Quigley, Trident Partners' ex-compliance chief, with using his position to defraud overseas investors.

Over the past 50 years, dividends of the S&P 500 have grown an average of 5.7% a year, outpacing the average inflation rate of 4.1%; Plus, how Social Security could be used by the government to address retirement inequality.

Alejandro Ariel Torres allegedly cheated a customer out of nearly $60,000 in a start-up scheme that purportedly made the client a 50/50 partner. Torres was ordered to make the customer whole.

To keep your best advisors and other employees on board, you'll need invest strategically in the right people, offering them a rewarding career path.

The more money elderly high-net-worth clients have, the more they may worry that beneficiaries won't use it wisely.

Only one-third of wealthy clients say their advisors are talking with them about planning for longevity risk, according to a new U.S. Trust study.

Taxes matter in fund investing, even when there's no bill. Plus: Knowing the difference in costs on 401(k) and IRA withdrawals, and what to do after tax season.

New digital tools are paving the way for advisors to create hybrid services that will increase both reach and profitability. See a few of the newer options.

Clients give up access to their money with annuities, so they are advised to use only a portion of their savings in these products; Plus, they should activate a fraud alert if they think their Social Security number has been compromised.

Co-sponsor of legislation to derail Labor Department's fiduciary proposal admits that the bill's greatest goal is to put political pressure on the administration.

Discussions about cognitive impairment and end-of-life issues might be difficult, but they need to happen, and could yield an upside for the advisor's practice.